来年のIndyJapanは９月

今日は２００９年のIndyCarのスケジュールが発表されましたね！その中でも気になるのが、IndyJapanの日程。噂では聞いていましたが、なんと来年は９月に行われるみたいです！！F1の日程に近いのは気になりますが、９月の方が年が明けてから準備の期間も増えるし、天候も良さそうなので今から楽しみです。レースに参戦できる様にしっかりと営業活動頑張らないといけませんが・・・。でも、スケジュールが早目に発表してくれた事によって、営業ツールもようやくできあがりそうなので、９月１０月は営業活動を全力で頑張ります！！

There was an announcement for the Indy Car 2009 Schedule this morning. I was surprised to see the Indy Japan date being moved to September. Obviously it concerns me a bit being relatively close to the F1 GP date, but I think it's a good thing overall for me since it gives me more time to prepare for the race as well as having a better weather for the race day especially after what happened this year. Now the schedule is set...I will have to focus getting all the funds in place so we can go racing. We are pretty close on getting the proposal plans worked out for next year and I am really looking forward to meeting our prospect partners for next year! Obviously I will have to hustle in September and October to really get my project moving forward!!

地震

今日は朝起きてジムでランニング。１０km走ってからクールダウンをしている最中に突然ドッカンという騒音＆いきなり１０cm近く下に落ちる感じに地面が揺れてビックリ！ロスから５０km離れた場所でマグニチュード５．８の地震が発生！！

Went to the gym in the morning and did my usual 10km run. As I was finishing up my cool down walk, all the sudden I heard a big "BOOM" and the building started to shake. Obviously we haven't had a big earthquake for a while and I couldn't believe it was only 5.8magunitude since it definitely felt big when it first came,

ランニングマシンで歩いていたのですが、こけそうになりました！最初はトラックがビルにぶつかったのかと思う程の音でビックリしました。ランニングが終わって、余震等の心配もあったので急いで自分の部屋に戻る事にしました。・・・、が、安全のためエレベーターはストップ！？！１０kmランニングした後に１１階まで駆け上がるのは辛かった〜！でも、いいトレーニングになりました！？！（笑）

Since I was done running, I rushed back to my room. However, because of the safety reason, the elevator was shut off and I had run up to 11th floors which was just as hard as running 10km!?! Everyone was safe but certainly caught our attention today. I guess we were due for a big one and I hope this was it...

引っ越し却下！

悩みに悩んで引っ越しは却下しました。色々と皆からアドバイスももらい、風水のサイトも行って色々と研究していたら、まず入る予定の部屋が風水上では玄関が最悪な向きに向いてるではないですか〜！？！それだけでも、却下の理由ですが昨日アパートのオフィッスと色々とごたごたあって対応の悪さを考えると、とりあえず縁がなかったんだとまとめて、今のアパートと再契約します。

After having a long thought about my apartment, we decided to stay where we are at. We had some issues with the new room where the agent has misunderstood the floor plans and the cabinet color in which the room we were supposed to get in was not we were looking for. On top of that, I had some advice from my fans as well as people around me and the entry to the new apartment room was facing the absolute wrong direction in Feng Shui. Obviously that gave me good enough reasons not to move although I am not too superstitious.

いちおう、入る予定だったアパートがもう一部屋見て欲しいとの事ですが、明日の午前中に行って一応見ておいて低調のお断りしてデポジットを返金してもらいに行く予定です。やっぱ引っ越しは大変ですね・・・。ただ、今のアパートに残る事になったら妻と話して気分を一新する為に８月の目標は整理・整頓＆節約です！！（笑）

Apparently there is another room that they want us to look at but I am pretty much committed to my current place and I will probably have a glance tomorrow and get my deposit check back. Obviously it never hurts to have a look around to see all your options and I am pretty happy with my decision!!

まだ悩んでます

今日はジムを休んで、子供のお守り。妻が髪を染めに行きたいと言って、日中は家に居なかったので自分は子供と遊んで、息子が昼寝をしている間にエドモントンで行われているインディーのレースをテレビで見ました。今年は本当にディックソンの年って感じですね！！

It was a day off for me from the gym. Not intentionally but I had to stay home since my wife wanted to go to the hair salon to get her hair done... I was able to spend some quality time with my son playing and while he was sleeping...I managed to watch the Indy race from Edmonton. It was a pretty good race and it seems like it is a year for Dixie!!

さてさて、まだ引っ越しをしような悩んでます。って言っても８割は決めていますが。明日までには今のアパートに結論を出す予定です。さ〜どうしよ〜！？！珍しく優柔不断な自分がなんだか納得いけない・・・。なんだか歳をとるにつれて、新しい環境ってものを嫌がるのは気のせいですかね・・・？！？昔は新しい所に行く事は常にウキウキだったのに。改めて歳をとったのかなと実感してしまいました。（笑）

Well...I haven't decided whether I am going to move or not...but I think I have decided 80% on it. I will have to let my current landlord know by tomorrow. It makes me angry not to be able to commit to this decision for days...but it's a hard choice. Having said that, it makes me feel old yet again not being too excited on going in to a new environment. I used to be exited about that all the time wanting to find and go to a new place. Well...I think this new place would be a start to another chapter for my life and it may after all be a good timing to move since I was thinking to move either this year or next year.

引っ越し？！？

今日もしっかり朝一で、ジムに行ってトレーニング。お昼からは子供を公園に連れて行って帰りがけに引っ越しを検討中のアパートに行ってとりあえず書類を提出。入居するのに、書類だけは先に済ませておこうと思ったら、速攻でOKがでました！！と、言う事で月曜までに引っ越しをするかどうかを決めなくてはいけません・・・。

As usual, went to work out in the morning! Had a great work out and was home before lunch. In the afternoon, I took my son to the park and went to drop off my application for at the place where we looked at yesterday. We just wanted to be ready if we decided to move out. We were approved in minutes and we definitely would need to make a decision by Monday whether if we want to move or not.

究極の決断ですね。なんだか、今の家には馴染みがあるからな〜。でも、冷静に考えるとここに引っ越してから色んな試練を乗り越える事になっている・・・。気分転換で引っ越すのも良いかもしれませんね！でも、以前と違ってやっぱり引っ越すにあたって一番気にするのは子供や妻の安全ですね。自分は家を出る事が多いのでその辺が引っ越しを決める重要なポイントです！とりあえず、月曜までに決めないと！

It's a hard decision to make since the place we are in right now is pretty nice. Having said that, since I moved here...I have been going through some rough time in my career and it may not be a bad thing to move to turn things around!?! Well...I better think real hard over the week end!! The most important thing more me is my wife and my son's safety while I'm not home. The place is pretty secured but I also have to think about Pit who needs to be walked everyday... Well...I guess I have 72hrs to think about it!!

またまた、アパート探し

今日も朝一でトレーニング。お昼は家で仕事をすませて、午後はまたアパートを探索。妻と子供を連れて昨日チラッと見たアパートに行ったらかなり気に入ってくれたので、引っ越しをしようか考え中です・・・。

Went to the gym in the morning and spent most of the afternoon searching for apartments. I decided to take my wife and son to the place I checked out yesterday and surprisingly my wife liked it more than I thought!!

今の家とはかんり雰囲気が違うのですが、近くには新しくできた公園があり、ダウンタウンを見渡す景色も悪くない・・・。ん〜悩むな〜〜。しかも、引っ越すと２ヶ月家賃が無料と言うのも引かれるポイントだ。とりあえず、一晩考える事にしました！

It's a different downtown area then where we are, but a new park was just opened last week right next to it and the environment isn't too bad...the best part about it is that you get 2 months free rent when you move in... I better think real hard about it tonight and make a decision by tomorrow morning!!

トレーニング

今日は起きてから朝一でジムに行ってきました。１週間ぶりの運動だったのでスッキリ！やっぱ１週間もトレーニングをあけてしまうと、ストレスが溜まって小さい事でもイライラしてきちゃいます・・・。

Woke up in the morning and went to the gym first thing in the morning. Since I was out of town for almost a week...it was frustrating not being able to put a good work out in. It always feel good after a good couple of hours of work out.

午後は会計士とミーティングがあり、夕方はアパート探索。実は今月で家のアパートの契約がきれるのですが、また引っ越しをしようか検討中。あまり、引っ越しはしたくないのですが、色々と検討せずに再契約もなんとなくすっきりしないので、とりあえずみるだけ見てみようと思って、明日も何件か見に行ってきます！

In the afternoon, I had a quick meeting and I started to search around a bit for a new apartment. My lease is up this month and I am trying to asses whether I should stay here or not. It's hard to find a place that will beet my current apartment but I thought it never hurts to look around!!

ラスベガス

日曜の夜中にミルウォーキーから戻ってから月曜に昼過ぎにべガスに移動。今日はべガスでスポンサーイベントがあり、LAに戻ってから食事会にも参加しなくてはいけなかったので、やっと家に戻って落ち着いた所です。

After getting back from Milwaukee on Sunday night..I was off to Vegas on Monday afternoon to do an appearance for my sponsor today. We were done with the event at 3pm and back to LA to do a dinner function and I finally came home.

いや〜なんだかドタバタで忙しい１週間でした。明日からはまた猛トレーニングですね！１週間近くジムをサボってしまったので、明日からガッツリやりますよ〜〜！！

I have about a week off but I am going to be busy at the gym trying to take off all the weight I gained by drinking nice wine and eating great meals in Mt.Tremblant and Vegas!?!

プライベートジェット

今日もメチャ長い一日でした・・・。朝６時半に起きて８時にホテルを出発。９時に予選がスタートして、予選はいまいちで２１位。しか〜し、決勝はドライバーが最後まで諦めず頑張ってくれました！あとちょっとでトップ１０と言う所でしたが１１位でゴール。自分もコーチングに熱くなって無線機でずっと“プッシュプッシュ！”と言いまくってドライバーを盛り上げちゃいました。最後まで諦めずに全力で走ってくれたので、見てて気持ち良いレースでした！

Today was another long day for me at the track. I was up at 6:30am and we checked out from the hotel at 8am to head to the track. The qualifying was underway at 9am and my driver qualified 21st. We were not able to maximize the new tires as well as the cool condition to improve on the time...but we were still able to do our fastest lap of the week end. However, He did excellent in the race and worked him self up to 11th. He kept charging until the end and I was really proud of him pushing all the way till the checkered flag!

レースが終わり３０分後にサーキットを出て、Mont-Tremblantの飛行場に到着。セキュリティーもなく飛行場に到着して５分後に離陸。ドライバーのお母さんをペンシルバニアに降ろしてからミルウォーキーに向けて出発。しかし、プライベートジェットを持ってる人の感覚は違いますね〜・・・。僕らが“駅前まで送って行くよ”って感覚で飛行機を飛ばしてますからね。

Well...30min after the race, we were out of the track and headed to Mont-Tremblant Airport to catch our flight. On the return flight, we had to drop my driver's mom in Harrisuburg, Pennsylvania and I had a fairly tight transit time driving from Racine,WI to the Milwaukee Airport.

さて、ペンシルバニアを出発しようと思ったらハプニングが発生！飛行場の回りが悪天候で急にグラウンドストップ。自分はミルウォーキーから８時のフライトに乗らなくてはいけなかったので、どうするかと大パニック！？！しかも、プライベートジェットはミルウォーキー郊外にある、自宅の側の飛行場に着陸予定で、そこから３０分かかるではないか・・・。すると、“ミルウォーキーの飛行場まで行って降ろしてあげるよ！”と、やっぱり億万長者がする事は違いますね！？！ちなみに、僕がコーチするドライバーはミルォーキーから自宅までも飛行機を飛ばして帰りました。距離にすると東京から横浜くらいかな・・・！？！（笑）

We got to Pennsylvania in 1hr and we were ready to head back up to Wisconsin when the storm started to head to our way and there was a ground stop from the control tower which stopped our plane from departing. I was really nervous since it definitely looked like I was going to miss my flight back to LAX. However, my driver was kind enough to divert the plane to Milwaukee Airport and had a car ready for me at the airport to take me to the terminal. My flight back to LA was at 8:30PM and I landed in Milwaukee at 8:05PM. I zipped through the security and I was already boarded on to the aircraft by 8:18PM. I made it safely on to my flight but I am back to real life from flying a luxurious private jet to going through security and sitting in coach class paying $5 for a beer.By the way, my driver obviously flew back to Racine,WI from Milwaukee which is a 15miles flight.....

長い一日

今日は長い一日だった〜・・・。午前中に行われた予選は、開始直後にクラッシュがあり、ガードレールを破損してしまった為に予選のセッションは中止。本来２時にレースをする予定が急遽スケジュール変更で２時に予選を行い、５時からのレース。

It turned out to be a long day today. The qualifying session started at 11am but it a crash brought a red flag situation and the session ended up getting cancelled due to a broken guard rail. However, they made some changes to the schedules, and the race time was changed to a qualifying session at 2pm and the race was postponed to 5pm.

自分がコーチするドライバーはいまいちリズムを掴めず、予選は１８位。決勝でポジションアップに期待・・・と思っていたらレース直前に大雨！？！大パニックでレースはウェットでスタートしたものの、途中で路面が乾き始めたのでレース中断しドライタイヤに変更！？！色々とあってとりあえずレースは１４位でゴール・・・。明日はもっと頑張ってもらわないと！！いや〜しかし本当に長い一日だった。

My driver didn't get the best run in qualifying and ended up 18th, We had a lot of catch up to do during the race and I was looking forward to the race. 5min before the race, it started to rain heavily and it started as a wet race. Half way in to the race, the sun came out and the track was drying so they stopped the race and made us all change to slick tires. Than the race restarted and was finally over by 6pm. My driver finished 14th...obviously not what we expected but we all had a good fun day so we just have to hope for a better finish tomorrow!!

今日は雨・・・。

今日はフリー走行初日。が、残念ながら一日中サーキットは雨。しかもレインタイヤは週末を通して１セットしかないと言う事で今日の練習は３ラップのみ・・・。何にもしないで待ち疲れてしまう一日でした。

Today was the first day on track but unfortunately it rained all day and we spend most of the day waiting around trying to decide whether to go out or not. We ended up doing 3laps but needed to conserve the tires for the weekend since they were the only wet tires we had...just 1set for two races so we decided to park the car after scrubbing them in.

早目にホテルに戻って来れたのでジムで軽く運動。そして、部屋のバスタブにユックリ入って、ベランダで湖を眺めてなんだかんだ、リゾートを満喫しちゃってます！？！（笑）

Since we were back at the hotel before 4PM,...I spent some time in the room exercising and was in the bath tub for a while. I was also able to spend some time in the patio looking at the lake doing nothing so it certainly was not too bad of a day for relaxing other than I feel guilty not doing anything all day...

Mont-Tremblant

今日はミルォーキーからカナダのMont-Tremblantに移動してきました。自分がコーチするドライバーのプライベートジェットに乗って１時間半で到着。冬はスキーリゾートで有名な所で、夏も日本で言えば軽井沢って感じで観光客が沢山集まる所です。

I am in Mont-Tremblant, Canada. I traveled with my driver on his private jet from Milwaukee and it was only 1.5hr flight. The beauty of the flight was that I didn't have to not only check in for the flight and go through the security...we mutually didn't have to go through the customs since all the paper work was done before the departure.

リゾート地だからホテルやレストランはいまさんだろうな〜・・・、って思っていたら大間違えでした。恐らく今まで泊まったリゾートの中でもトップランクのホテル＆レストランがあり関心し続けています！？！と言ってもレースに来ているのであまりリゾートを満喫する時間はありませんが・・・。ではでは、明日からの走行も早いのでそろそろ寝ま〜す。

I am amazed about the Mont-Tremblant resort. The hotel we are staying at is just fantastic and I would definitely love to come back here on my private vacation! The food is really good which is very had to imagine being far away from all the fish and produce market...but it was actually really really good!! I am looking forward to this week end but we definitely need to focus on racing in order to collect some points!!

ミルウォーキー

今日はミルウォーキーに移動。僕がコーチするドライバーの街へ移動してきて、明日プライベートジェットでカナダに移動します。ミルウォーキーまでは幸い直行便だったので、楽でした。

My day went by so fats doing nothing today. That's because I had to travel to Milwaukee today. I am going to catch a flight with my driver tomorrow on his private jet up to Canada and I decided to meet up with him tonight to talk about the strategy for this week end.

ミルウォーキーは２００２年にフォーミュラーアトランティックで優勝した街なので個人的には思い出深い所です。このレースで勝っていなかったら恐らくインディーカードライバーになる事もなかっただろうな〜って言うレースでした。色々と考えていたらまたハングリー精神がわいてきました！またレースしたいな〜〜！！

Milwaukee is a town that I feel is very important for me. That's not only because I like beer...but mainly because I won the F.Atlantic race here in 2002. I don't think I would have been racing in Indy Car Series if I didn't win that race. It's good to be back here and think about that moment in order to refocus on trying to improve my self even more and go racing some time real soon!!

明日から移動

今週末はカナダでフェラーリチャレンジの仕事があるので、明日からの移動です。移動前にトレーニングをがっつりしておきたかったので、今日は追い込みトレーニング。メチャメチャ疲れましたが、かなりスッキリ。

Since I will be working up at Canada this weekend for my Ferrari Challenge driver...I wanted to spend quality time at the gym today because it is tough to work out when you are on the road.

午後は移動前なので銀行に行ったり、必要な書類を揃えたりなどなど、あっと作業をしていたらあっと言う間に終わってしまいました。今週末のサーキットは自分も行った事がないので、ネット上でできるだけの知識を覚えて行かないと役たたず・・・、になってしまいますからね！？！（笑）

In the afternoon, I needed to make the run to the bank and get all the work done before my travel. I also needed to do a lot of searching for the track since I haven't been to the track we are at this week end. It is supposed to be a real nice track and I wished if I can drive on it...

車の試乗

今日は車の試乗＆撮影をしていました。今日乗った車は、Acura RL（時期レジェンド）とScion Xb。RLは以前ダウンタウンでCM撮影中のを見た事はありますが、乗ったのは初めてでした。Xbは一回り大きくなった感じで、久しぶりに今日はマニュアル車を運転しました。

It was a pretty busy day for me out driving and doing photo shoot all day. The two cars that I drove today was the new Acura RL and the Scion Xb. The RL was pretty impressive in a way that you enjoy the car the more you drive it. On the other hand, Xb was very spacious and with the 6 Speed Manual Transmission, it really made you feel like you were driving a CAR. They were both thumbs up from in opinion.

撮影もしていたらあっと言う間に夕方になってしまい、ダッシュで帰宅してピットの散歩。これから軽く仕事をして、子供を風呂にいれて夕食です。一日が経つのはあっと言う間ですね・・・。

After the photo shoot, I rushed home trying to avoid traffic and will need to get some work done tonight. The day went by so fast...I wished if I can get 2 more hours per day...

夏祭り

今日は、日本人街で夏祭りが行われました。妻と息子は友達とお祭りに遊びに行って、自分は家でトレーニング・・・。お祭りに行きたかったのですが、来週は移動が多くてガッツリトレーニングができそうにないので、今日は追い込みトレーニングしてきました！

There was a Summer Festival in Torrance area today which my wife and son went to with their friends. I didn't make it out since I wanted to go the gym and train hard. It will be a busy week for me traveling so I didn't want to get behind my training program since I had couple of days off already when I was in San Diego...

息子はお祭りは楽しんだみたいです。行く前に甚平を着せてピットに攻撃！？！（笑）自分は甚平が全く似合いませんが、息子には妙に似合ってたので良かったX2!?!

I think my son enjoyed being at the festival and we made him wear the "Jimbei" which is a kimono style clothes that you wear to summer festival(Omatsuri). He was definitely showing off the Jimbei to Pit!?!

家でNashvilleレース観戦。

今日は朝ジムに行ってトレーニング。お昼過ぎに髪を切りに行ってばっしり切ってきました！やっぱり短いとメンテが楽ですね。トレーニング中に髪が短い方が気にならなくて楽です。

As usual, went to the gym in the morning and had a pretty good work out. The only downside of the week end being at they gym is that I don't get to see "The View"...not that I care what they are talking about but it's far better than watching Power Rangers on the monitors on the treadmill....

髪を切ってから子供を公園に連れて行って遊ばせて夕方からはNashvilleのIndyのレースを観戦。なんだか淡々と行われてる感じで、雨が途中から降って終了・・・。レースを見るとやっぱり乗りて〜って気持ちでいっぱいになります。と言う事で明日もストレス発散の為にジムでガッツリトレーニングですね！

After lunch, I went to cut my hair since it was getting out of control. I get irritated training when my hair gets long and it was about time to trim my hair. I took my son to the park again to wear him out before I got home and watched the IRL Nashville race peacefully. The race was OK...just like all the fans...I don't really enjoy seeing Yellow/Red flag finishes whether in or out of the car.

もう週末・・・。

昨日の晩にサンディエゴから帰宅。リラックスした様な、疲れた様なって感じです。３日間の間も仕事をしていなかったので、今日は大忙し。トレーニングもさぼってしまったので、今日は朝からジムでトレーニング。

Came back from San Diego last night and was home by 8PM. It was a good trip for my wife and son...but wasn't quite relaxing for me since we walked around so much and had to chase my son all over the place at the Zoo.

午後からはミーティング。あっと言う間に一日が終わってしまった〜って感じです。と言うより、火曜から木曜まで休みを取るとなんだか１週間が空白状態になってしまう感じです・・・。来週はカナダに行くので忙しい１週間になりそうです。

Since I was away for 3days, I had lots of catching up to do with my work as well as at the gym today! The day went by so fast...well actually the week went by so fast being away during middle of week. I will be traveling to Canada next week and will be a busy couple of days again for me.

サンディエゴ

今サンディエゴに居ます。昨日はCoronadoIslandにあるホテルに泊まって、シーワールドに行ってきました。息子にはシーワールドはいまいちまだ早すぎたみたいで、あまり反応していませんでした！？！しかし、ホテルのプールに入れたら大喜び！とりあえず、水嫌いではないみたいで良かった！？！実は自分は子供の頃は水が大嫌いで、小学校の時はほとんど泳げなかったんです・・・。

I am in San Diego now with my family. We stayed at the Coronado Island last night and went to Sea World. My son didn't seem to enjoy much being at Sea World....but definitely was having a lot of fun in the pool! Since it was his first time in the pool, I was worried if he would get scared but after a little while, he seemed to be enjoying being in the water!

今日はLaJolla地域に移動して、ユックリしています。明日はサンディエゴ動物園に行ってきます。

I am in La Jolla now and will go to San Diego Zoo tomorrow before we head home. Hopefully he will like the Zoo more than the Sea World...

明日からサンディエゴ

３連休も終わり、今日は月曜日。連休明けはダラダラしてしまいそうだったので、今日は朝からジムに行ってトレーニング。お昼は妻が会食をしに行っていたので、子供と一緒にお留守番。

After a long week end, I was back in the gym first thing in the morning to refresh my self. My wife had to go to lunch with her friends so I was at home playing with my kid until his nap time and off to work as soon as he went sleep.

明日からファミリーサービスでサンディエゴに行く予定です。８月中は基本的に毎週末仕事が入っているので、空いている今週中にサンディエゴに行って、シーワールドや動物園に息子を連れて行こうと思います。

I needed to get a lot of work done today since I will be going to San Diego for couple of days. I looked at my schedule and I am working almost every week end in August. I thought this week may be the best time to take a summer vacation with my family and take them down to Sea World and San Diego Zoo. I hope my kid is old enough to have fun there!!

RHR初優勝！

今日は午前中はジムで１０kmのランニング。モニターでF1イギリスGPを見ながらランニングをしていたら、１０kmもあっという間でした。家に戻って来て軽くランチをしてから、WatkinsGlenで行われたインディーカーのレースを観戦。

Went for a 10km run in the morning while I watched the British F1GP on the monitor. The 10km run was easy compare to those guys running F1 cars in fully wet condition!

インディーのレースは２００２年にチームメートだったらRyan Hunter-Reayが優勝！友達が勝つのは本当に嬉しいです！Team Rahalも２００４年に走ったチームで、実は茂木前にインディー５００をTeam Rahalで参戦する可能性が浮上してきたのですが、残念ながら話を実らせる事ができませんでした・・・。でも、来季に向けてまた交渉しにいかないとって感じですね！！やっぱ家でレースを見てると身体がムズムズしてきちゃいます。

After lunch, I watched the Indy Car race from Watkins Glen which was won by my friend Ryan Hunter-Reay, Ryan was my team mate in 2002 and I am happy to see him win. Also it was a win for Team Rahal, whom I was talking with for possibly running the Indy 500 with them this year. Unfortunately things did not materialize...but after today's win,I certainly would love to have an opportunity to drive for that team again.

独立記念日

昨日は米国独立記念日。朝はジムに行って１０kmのランニンング。お昼にスーパーに行って、夕方からは家のベランダで七輪を使ってバーベキュー。葱タン塩から始まり、エビ、ホタテをやいてメチャ美味しかったです！

It was a quite day yesterday for my family. I went for another 10km run in the morning and went to the grocery store before lunch to pick up some food to put on the grill. We barbequed some Beef Tongue, Shrimp, and Scallops and it all turned out pretty good.

これから暑くなりそうなので、今日は髪の毛でも切りに行こうか悩んでます・・・。

Since it seems like it is going to be hot for a while...I am debating whether I should go cut my hair today,..

３連休

昨日は朝一でジムに行って１０kmのランニング。日本で美味しい物を食べ過ぎて、少し肥ってしまったので今は減量モードです。お昼は軽くミーティングをして午後は親父に付き添って買い物に行ってきました。

Went to the gym first thing in the morning yesterday and did a 10km run. I definitely need to shove some weight off that I gained from my visit in Japan after eating all the great food. Than in the afternoon. I had to take my dad all over the town to finish his shopping.

今週末はインディペンデンス・デー（July4th)で明日から３連休。家ではバーベキューでもしようか・・・と行っていますが、七輪を買ってきてベランダでやろうか悩んでます。（笑）やっぱ夏はBBQですよね〜！？！

Well, we are off to a 3day week end. We may plan to do a BBQ tomorrow but have not decided yet. I will have to go to the fish market now and see if there is any good ingredients to put on the grill!?!

買い物

今日は午前中にジムでトレーニング。久しぶりに走り込む事ができて、気分も爽快。お昼は親父、妻＆息子を連れてWestHollywoodにあるフレンチカフェでランチ。その後は夕方まで色々と買い物に行ってました。親父がアメリカに来た時は何時もビタミン剤等をゲットして帰ります。ついでに甥っ子や姪っ子のお土産で洋服を買う時にどさくさまぎれに、息子の洋服も買ってもらっちゃってます！？！（笑）

Went to the gym in the morning and was able to get a good 1hr cardio work out. My back was aching last week and I was finally able to get back in to my regular training regime. After the training, I took my dad, wife and son to lunch in West Hollywood at a French Caffe. The food there was pretty good. Than we were off to shopping...I didn't buy anything my self but my dad bought my Son some clothes just in time for Summer.

朝からミーティング

昨日は知り合いの誕生日会に行ってきました。なんと１００人以上も来て盛大にお祝い！かなりのビッグパーティーでした！！夜は日曜だったので家でユックリ。

I attended to my friend's B-Day Party last night. There were over 100 friends and family members there and we all had a great time there!! I hope I will have 100 friends showing up for my Birthday bash when I turn 50....

週末もあっと言う間に終わって、今日は月曜日。朝からミーティングがありお昼に親父が日本から来るので飛行場にピックアップに行ってきます。今週も忙しくなりそうですが、頑張ります！！

Well,..the weekend just flew by and it is already Mon. I have a quick meeting in the morning today and will have to pick up my dad at the airport who will be coming in town for couple of days. It looks like it will be a busy week for me being a tour guide...!?!